DCNS opens office in Canada to better develop FREMM Frigate to Royal Canadian Navy needs

DCNS opens office in Canada to better develop FREMM Frigate to Royal Canadian Navy needs

Posted On
Friday, 23 May 2014 14:50

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Naval
Industry News - France, Canada

DCNS
opens office in Canada to better develop FREMM Frigate to Royal Canadian
Navy needs

DCNS Technologies Canada Inc. with headquarters in Ottawa, represents
the first step towards the creation of Naval Systems Integration Center
that was announced by Patrick Boissier, Chairman & CEO, during his
November 2013 conferences given in Halifax, Ottawa and Toronto to establish
a long-term strategic partnership with Canada. In particular, DCNS Technologies
Canada Inc. will lead the design of the Canadian version of FREMM frigate,
a contender for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) programme under
the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS).

The Canadian
shipbuilding industry has embarked on the largest procurement project
in its history. Valued at over $35 billion dollars, the NSPS, with its
made-in-Canada approach to shipbuilding, will bring over 30 years of
economic growth and impact to multiple Canadian sectors through direct
and indirect investments. The sustainable strategic partnerships that
DCNS is proposing with Canadian industry, will support the most formidable
naval defence program ever undertaken in Canada. In line with the country’s
new Defence Procurement Strategy, the Canadian shipbuilding and marine
industry will benefit directly from the CSC program.

The FREMM Normandie
during sea trials
Picture: DCNS

The
creation of DCNS Technologies Canada Inc. reflects the group’s commitment
to pursue its international development and strengthen its presence in
Canada through long-term ties with Canadian industries in defence sector
but also for civilian activities like Marine Renewable Energy. DCNS has
already developed a strategic partnership with Nova Scotia to build next
generation tidal energy project in Bay of Fundy. Its subsidiary OpenHydro,
specialized in tidal turbines, will deploy a fully grid-connected 4MW
tidal array to be in place in 2015. Moreover, the Group signed in 2013
a collaboration agreement with the Canadian University of Dalhousie concerning
structural dynamics in marine environment.